Gluten Free Strawberry Granola | Vegan, Refined Sugar Free

Why make granola at home?

Well first, it is so much cheaper! Second, you chose the ingredients. Usually market granolas are packed with sugars of all kinds and sorts and manufactures are smart because they give the sugar other names that we might be unfamiliar with like dextrose or fructose. See a list of 56 secret names for sugar. This gluten free strawberry granola is also refined sugar free!

Third. Many of the granolas contain gluten, which have been recently related to leaky gut and brain fog. There are interesting researches about this topic.

This Homemade gluten free strawberry granola is:

• Vegan
• Refined sugar free
• Lactose free
• Gluten Free
• Rich with nuts and seeds
• Healthy
• Easy to make

This recipe has two versions.

a faster one, using dried fruits and a longer one, using fresh strawberries. I like the strawberries version because I like to create everything myself, but the faster version is non the less amazing. You can choose which method you prefer, depending on the time that you would like to spend.

Unsweetened granola

Forth and most important. unlike other granolas, this recipe is in fact not so sweet. This is because the recipe does not include any sugar other than the natural strawberries sweetness and a few drops of Stevia. This granola goes well with many foods, such as yogurt, acai bowl, oatmeal, Quinoa morning bowl or simply as a snack. What is most fun about it is that you can chose how sweet you want it to be by adding honey, agave or maple to the foods that you are eating it with. So, for those of you that prefer to avoid sugar and sweets, as do I, this is a great recipe that allows this flexibility.

Ingredients

• Gluten-free oats
• Nuts of all kinds (you can replace one for the other)
• Seeds: Sunflower, pumpkin
• Strawberries or dried berries
• Almond butter
• Olive oil or coconut oil
• Spices: Cinnamon, cardamom
• Optional: Stevia or honey

How to make

First. I soak the nuts for a minimum of six hours. Why? Well, the research on the topic is not conclusive, but some would claim that soaking them activates their nuclei, thus allowing our body to absorb the minerals it contains more properly. It’s your choice of course.

Second. I dry the strawberries in the oven. I cut them to small cubes, mix then with lemon juice so they won’t blacken, and I bake them. They Idea is that by the time the granola is ready the strawberries will be dried. If you want to shorten the process, you can simply use dry berries instead of fresh strawberries. In this case, you do not bake the berries, you add them to the granola once ready.

Third. Super easy. I just mix all the ingredients together. Dry first, wet second.

Lastly, the mixed ingredients go inside the oven, with the half-baked strawberries. I give it a blend every ten to fifteen minutes, so that it would be baked evenly. I decide that it is ready when the ingredients are golden and crunchy, and the strawberries are dried. Gifting Granola. Play with your creativity.

Gifting Granola. Play with your creativity.

This is a wonderful gift that you can easily make at home and give to people you love. I bought cheap, beautiful jars, filled them with the granola, and gave it to my friends as a holiday gift! They loved it!